{"id":23389,"date":"2026-06-25T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/?p=23389"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:51:32","slug":"occupancy-bylaw-82-table-of-contents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/occupancy-bylaw-82-table-of-contents\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupancy Bylaw 82 &#8211; table of contents"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Occupancy Bylaw:<br \/>\n<\/b><b style=\"font-size: 23px;\">A By-law about the rights and obligations of the co-op and the members<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><b>By-law No. 82<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Passed by the Board of Directors on May 29, 2019 and June 26, 2019<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Confirmed by the members on June 26, 2019 by a 2\/3 majority<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Article 6.2 on principal residence <\/em><br \/>\n<em>Confirmed by members at a GMM on September 26, 2023 by a 2\/3 majority<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Amended by Occupancy Amending bylaw on electronic participation #88<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Approved by the Board of Directors September 17, 2024<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Confirmed by the members on October 16, 2024 by a 2\/3 majority<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Table of Contents<\/h4>\n<h5>1. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/by-laws\/occupancy-bylaw-82\/\">About This By-Law<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>1.1 \u00a0Introduction<br \/>\n1.2. Priority of this By-law<br \/>\n1.3. Repeals<br \/>\n1.4. Laws about Occupancy<br \/>\n1.5. Occupancy Agreement<br \/>\n1.6. Special Meanings<br \/>\n1.7. Summary of Time Requirements<\/p>\n<h5>2. \u00a0 \u00a0 Members\u2019 Rights<\/h5>\n<p>2.1 \u00a0 Use of a Unit and the Co-op\u2019s Facilities<\/p>\n<h5>3. \u00a0 \u00a0Members\u2019 Contributions<\/h5>\n<p>3.1 \u00a0Housing Charges<br \/>\n3.2 \u00a0Member Involvement<br \/>\n3.3 \u00a0Payment of Housing Charges<br \/>\n3.4. Other Charges<br \/>\n3.5. Last Month\u2019s Housing Charge Deposit and Maintenance Deposit<br \/>\n3.6 \u00a0Housing Charges Are Per-Unit<br \/>\n3.7. Housing Charge Subsidy<\/p>\n<h5>4. \u00a0 Setting Housing Charges<\/h5>\n<p>4.1. The Members Set the Full Monthly Housing Charges<br \/>\n4.2. Annual Budgets<br \/>\n4.3. Notice of Proposed Budget<br \/>\n4.4. Changes in Housing Charges<br \/>\n4.5. Mid-year Change in Housing Charges<\/p>\n<h5>6. \u00a0 Members\u2019 Units<\/h5>\n<p>5.1. Maintenance and Repair<br \/>\n5.2. Privacy (notice of entry)<br \/>\n5.3. Damage by Fire, etc.<br \/>\n5.4 \u00a0Members\u2019 Insurance<\/p>\n<h5>6. \u00a0 Use of Units<\/h5>\n<p>6.1 \u00a0Residences<br \/>\n6.2. Principal Residence (absence from units)<br \/>\n6.3 \u00a0Related Uses (home businesses)<br \/>\n6.4. No Transfer of Membership or Occupancy Rights<br \/>\n6.5. No Profit from Unit<br \/>\n6.6. Co-op\u2019s Insurance<\/p>\n<h5>7. \u00a0 \u00a0Behaviour<\/h5>\n<p>7.1. Prohibited Conduct<br \/>\n7.2. Human Rights<br \/>\n7.3. Violence<br \/>\n7.4. Domestic Violence<br \/>\n7.5. Return of Member<br \/>\n7.6. Explanations<br \/>\n7.7. Calling Police and Other Authorities<br \/>\n7. 8. Acts of Others<\/p>\n<h5>8. \u00a0 Members\u2019 Households and Guests<\/h5>\n<p>8.1. Basic Requirements<br \/>\n8.2. Addition of a Member<br \/>\n8.3. Turning Sixteen (16)<br \/>\n8.4. Long-term Guests<br \/>\n8.5. Casual Guests<br \/>\n8.6. Sub-Occupancy and Absence from Unit (sublet)<br \/>\n8.7. Evicted Persons<\/p>\n<h5>9. \u00a0 Household Size<\/h5>\n<p>9.1. Purpose of Household Size Requirements<br \/>\n9.2. When Household Size Rules Apply (and don&#8217;t apply)<br \/>\n9.3. Occupancy standards<br \/>\n9.4. Not Meeting Minimum Household Size<br \/>\n9.5. Reporting Change in Household Size<br \/>\n9.6. Subsidized Households<\/p>\n<h5>10. \u00a0 How Members Withdraw from the Co-op<\/h5>\n<p>10.1. Membership and Occupancy are Linked<br \/>\n10.2. Ending Membership and Occupancy<br \/>\n10.3. Part of Household Ends Membership and Occupancy<br \/>\n10.4. Death of a Member<br \/>\n10.5. Vacant or Abandoned Unit<\/p>\n<h5>11. \u00a0 Dealing with Arrears<\/h5>\n<p>11.1. Eviction<br \/>\n11.2 \u00a0Non-Payment and Late Payment<br \/>\n11.3. Replacement Payment<br \/>\n11.4. Late Payment and Failed Payment Charges<br \/>\n11.5. Directors in Arrears<br \/>\n11.6. Arrears Payment Agreements<br \/>\n11.7 \u00a0Notice to Appear for Arrears or Persistent Late Payment<\/p>\n<h5>12. \u00a0Dealing with Problems<\/h5>\n<p>12.1. Eviction<br \/>\n12.2. Notice to Appear<br \/>\n12.3. Deciding to Give a Notice to Appear<br \/>\n12.4. Limits of Action by Co-op<\/p>\n<h5>13. \u00a0 Eviction Procedures<\/h5>\n<p>13.1. Board Meeting on Notice to Appear<\/p>\n<h5>14. \u00a0 \u00a0Alternatives When Dealing with Problems<\/h5>\n<p>14.1. Alternatives to Eviction<br \/>\n14.2. Conditional Eviction Decisions<br \/>\n14.3. Performance Agreements<br \/>\n14.4. Information to Others<br \/>\n14.5. Non-Performance by Member<br \/>\n14.6. Authorization of Performance Agreements<\/p>\n<h5>15. \u00a0 Appeals to Membership<\/h5>\n<p>15.1. When a Member Cannot Appeal<br \/>\n15.2. How to Appeal<br \/>\n15.3. Appeal Information<br \/>\n15.4. Procedure for Appeals at Members\u2019 meetings<\/p>\n<h5>16. \u00a0 Legal Action<\/h5>\n<p>16.1. Enforcing Eviction Decisions<br \/>\n16.2. Membership Rights on Eviction<br \/>\n16.3. Interest<br \/>\n16.4. Rights Not Cancelled<br \/>\n16.5. Co-op Costs<\/p>\n<h5>17. \u00a0 Miscellaneous<\/h5>\n<p>17.1. Personal Information to Membership<br \/>\n17.2. Legal Actions by Members<br \/>\n17.3. External Complaints<br \/>\n17.4. Co-op Employees<br \/>\n17.5. Non-Member Units<br \/>\n17.6. Non-Members in a Member Unit<br \/>\n17.7. Proof<br \/>\n17.8. Serving Documents<br \/>\n17.9. Signing Schedules for Co-op<br \/>\n17.10 \u00a0Minor Errors, Omissions or Irregularities<br \/>\n17.11. Starting Date for this By-law<\/p>\n<h5>18. \u00a0 Electronic Participation<\/h5>\n<p>18.1 Electronic participation<br \/>\n18.2 Continuing a meeting on a Notice to Appear<\/p>\n<h5>Schedules and Attachments<\/h5>\n<p>Schedule A: Occupancy Agreement<br \/>\nAppendix A: Member Charges<br \/>\nAppendix B: Household Members<br \/>\nAppendix C: Housing Charge Subsidy Terms and Agreement<br \/>\nAppendix D: Special Needs Unit Terms<br \/>\nSchedule B: Long-term Guest Agreement<br \/>\nSchedule C: Sub-Occupancy Agreement<br \/>\nSchedule D: Notice to Appear for Arrears<br \/>\nSchedule E: Notice to Appear<br \/>\nSchedule F: Board of Directors\u2019 Eviction Decision for Arrears<br \/>\nSchedule G: Board of Directors\u2019 Eviction Decision<br \/>\nSchedule H: Notice of Eviction Decision for Arrears<br \/>\nSchedule I: Notice of Eviction Decision<br \/>\nSchedule J: Performance Agreement Arrears<br \/>\nSchedule K: Performance Agreement<br \/>\nAttachment A: Summary of Time Requirements and Examples<\/p>\n<h5>Find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/by-laws\/occupancy-bylaw-82\/\">Occupancy Bylaw<\/a> in the list of bylaws.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occupancy Bylaw: A By-law about the rights and obligations of the co-op and the members By-law No. 82 Passed by the Board of Directors on May 29, 2019 and June 26, 2019 Confirmed by the members on June 26, 2019 by a 2\/3 majority Article 6.2 on principal residence Confirmed by members at a GMM &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/occupancy-bylaw-82-table-of-contents\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Occupancy Bylaw 82 &#8211; table of contents&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[728],"class_list":["post-23389","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-by-law-committee","tag-occupancy-bylaw"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodsworthcoop.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}